Article: Study links sleeplessness, menstruation, pregnancy Menopause alsoto blame for women's insomnia

Women do most of the housework and child rearing. They get paid less than men doing the same jobs. Now, there's evidence they also get shortchanged on sleep.

A study released Thursday by the National Sleep Foundation shows that three specific biological events menstruation, pregnancy and menopause disrupt the sleep of a majority of women and interfere with how well they function during the day.

Women are 50% more likely than men to suffer from insomnia, statistics show. But women's complaints often have been dismissed as depression, hysteria or emotional responses that may not have a medical cause, said Thomas Roth, chief of sleep medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. "This study ...

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